To be honest with all of you guys, I have never heard of this diet in my entire life. I just found it one day surfing the net. (I forgot what site I got it off of). So I don’t really know to much about if it really works or not but I just wanted to give you guys all the possibilities out there so u can decide for yourself.

The Scarsdale Diet has been around for some time. Developed by Dr. Herman Tarnower, this diet promises an unreasonable one-pound-per-day weight loss while you limit your food intake to specified amounts of fruits, vegetables and mostly lean sources of protein. It encourages the use of artificial sweeteners and herbal appetite suppressants to speed up weight loss.

There is no calorie counting, but meals are limited to breakfast, lunch and dinner. Snacking is not allowed. A strict meal plan must be followed exactly which is low in carbohydrates and high in vitamins and minerals. Herbal appetite suppressants are often encouraged. The diet is high in protein, low in carbohydrates and moderate in fat. You can be on this diet from seven to fourteen days.

The Scarsdale Diet is a low carb, low calorie,lots of water eating plan. Drinking lots of water flushes your system and makes the weight come off faster. Although the Scarsdale diet was one of the first low carb diets, it has lost popularity to other low carbohydrates programs such as the Atkins Diet, or the Zone Diet.

The rigid eating program must be followed exactly, whereby the plan lasts for 7 - 14 days. Thereafter people then have difficulties finding a eating plan where they won’t put the weight back on.

Exercise

This plan doesn't advocate exercise for weight loss. It recommends no strenuous exercise for those over 40, unless exercise has already been an integral part of the day. Truthfully, the limited caloric intake provides inadequate fuel for anyone hoping to even walk vigorously for 30 minutes a day.

Rules of the road:
Drink at least 4 glasses of water or diet soda per day.
You can add the following to your foods: herbs, salt, pepper, lemon, vinegar, Worcestershire, soy sauce, mustard & ketchup

Day 1

Breakfast: coffee or tea with sugar substitute & 1/2 grapefruit

Lunch: any amount of lean beef, chicken or fish + tomato salad + coffee or tea

Dinner: broiled fish + tomato and lettuce salad + grapefruit or melon

Day 2

Breakfast: coffee or tea with sugar substitute & 1/2 grapefruit

Lunch: any amount of fruit salad + coffee

Dinner: hamburger (without bread) and all the cooked vegetables you desire

Day 3

Breakfast: coffee or tea with sugar substitute & 1/2 grapefruit

Lunch: tuna salad + grapefruit or melon

Dinner: 2 lean pork chops + mixed green salad + coffee

Day 4

Breakfast: coffee or tea with sugar substitute & 1/2 grapefruit

Lunch: 2 eggs + cottage cheese + 3 oz. squash + 1 toast + coffee

Dinner: chicken ( grilled or broiled w/o skin ) + spinach or green pepper + coffee

Day 5

Breakfast: coffee or tea with sugar substitute & 1/2 grapefruit

Lunch: all the dry cheese you want + spinach + 1 toast

Dinner: broiled fish + cooked veggies or green salad + 1 toast

Day 6

Breakfast: coffee or tea with sugar substitute & 1/2 grapefruit

Lunch: fruit salad (as much as you want) + 1 coffee

Dinner: broiled chicken w/o skin + tomato and lettuce salad + grapefruit or melon + coffee

Day 7

Breakfast: coffee or tea with sugar substitute & 1/2 grapefruit

Lunch: cold or hot chicken + tomato & lettuce salad + grapefruit or melon + coffee

Dinner: lean beef + mixed salad + coffee